I have a number of dome shaped ceiling lights with the double contact bayonet
bulbs and would like to replace several of these.  I seem to remember someone
having found a replacement  for these units consisting of several LED's
mounted on a PCB which could be installed in the dome.  I can not find that
post.  I have looked at replacement  LED's with a double contact bayonet
connection but the  LED are all "pointing outwards".

Are the LED's like incandescent  bulbs and emit light in all directions and
therefore will be reflected from the reflector  in the dome light or are they
more directional and  therefore need to be pointing more downward rather than
to the side?

Thanks  for any suggestions.

Stephen Starling
KK42

Stephen,

Is this what you were looking for?

http://www.sailorssolutions.com/index.asp?page=ProductDetails&Item=SEN10W

Terry Etapa

--
Well mystery masked man was smart,
He got himself a Tonto,
'Cause Tonto did the dirty work for free.
But Tonto he was smarter;
One day he said, "Kemosabe:
Kiss my ass, I bought a boat, I'm going out to sea."
-Lyle Lovett, "If I Had a Boat"

<<I have a number of dome shaped ceiling lights with the double contact
bayonet
bulbs and would like to replace several of these.  I seem to remember
someone
having found a replacement  for these units consisting of several LED's
mounted on a PCB which could be installed in the dome.>>

Stephen,
Wal-Mart (among others) sells a trailer tail light which contains the PC
board with red LED's you seek.  It's about $8, and you have to tear it apart
to get the board, but it's not hard.  The board has two small wires which
you then crimp or solder to the wires that used to go to your double contact
bayonet bulb socket.    Drill a small hole through the board and use a sheet
metal screw to attach to the light fixture where the old bulb used to be.
The first one takes about an hour, and about 20 minutes apiece after that.

Most LED's are rather directional, so the ready-made LED bayonet bulbs won't
work very well in your application; the light will mostly be pointed
sideways.

Mark Richter,  m/v Winnie the Pooh, Ortona, FL on the Okeechobee Waterway

Try www.sailorssolutions.com. They advertise something like you describe. Jeff Sharkey

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Sent: Tue, 5 Dec 2006 10:21 PM
Subject: Re: T&T: LED replacement bulbs

<<I have a number of dome shaped ceiling lights with the double contact
bayonet
bulbs and would like to replace several of these.  I seem to remember
someone
having found a replacement  for these units consisting of several LED's
mounted on a PCB which could be installed in the dome.>>

Stephen,
Wal-Mart (among others) sells a trailer tail light which contains the PC
board with red LED's you seek.  It's about $8, and you have to tear it apart
to get the board, but it's not hard.  The board has two small wires which
you then crimp or solder to the wires that used to go to your double contact
bayonet bulb socket.    Drill a small hole through the board and use a sheet
metal screw to attach to the light fixture where the old bulb used to be.
The first one takes about an hour, and about 20 minutes apiece after that.

Most LED's are rather directional, so the ready-made LED bayonet bulbs won't
work very well in your application; the light will mostly be pointed
sideways.

Mark Richter,  m/v Winnie the Pooh, Ortona, FL on the Okeechobee Waterway

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